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• Nobody before the Pythagorean had thought that mathematical relations held the secret of the universe. Twenty-five centuries later, Europe is still blessed and cursed with their heritage. To non-European civilizations, the idea that numbers are the key to both wisdom and power, seems never to have occurred.

  Arthur Koestler

  Wisdom, Blessed, Power

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• The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is eager to enter into close relationship with the Bank for International Settlements....The conclusion is impossible to escape that the State and Treasury Departments are willing to pool the banking system of Europe and America, setting up a world financial power independent of and above the Government of the United States....The United States under present conditions will be transformed from the most active of manufacturing nations into a consuming and importing nation with a balance of trade against it.

  Louis Thomas McFadden

  Money, New York, Independent

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• The division of the United States into federations of equal force was decided long before the Civil War by the high financial powers of Europe. These bankers were afraid that the United States, if they remained in one block and as one nation, would attain economic and financial independence, which would upset their financial domination over the world. The voice of the Rothschilds prevailed... Therefore they sent their emissaries into the field to exploit the question of slavery and to open an abyss between the two sections of the Union.

  Otto von Bismarck

  War, Block, Two

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• I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.

  Rachel Bilson

  Hair, Envy, Appreciate

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• I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe.

  Gordon Cooper

  Two, Flying, Different

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• If the estimate of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is correct, then Russia has lost the cold war in western Europe.

  Walter Lippmann

  War, Russia, House

  "The Miami Herald", (p. 6A), December 18, 1947.

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• And I know one thing more - that the Europe of the future cannot exist without commemorating all those, regardless of their nationality, who were killed at that time with complete contempt and hate, who were tortured to death, starved, gassed, incinerated, and hanged.

  Andrzej Szczypiorski

  Hate, Contempt, Knows

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• It (Arsenal) is an English club but not an English success. It's probably a greater reflection of youngsters from France and elsewhere in Europe.

  Alan Pardew

  Reflection, Clubs, France

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• The next evolutionary step is into the screen.

  Marc Maron

  Funny, Humor, Next

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• Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.

  Marc Maron

  Funny, Humor, People

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• What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the Palestinians are the American Indians of Europe.

  Russell Means

  United States, Movement, American Indian

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• President Bush has embarked on an eight-day tour of the continent. He hopes this one goes better than the other ones he's made recently. Obviously he's not doing that well in North America [on screen: '36% Approval'], his South American trip had a few bumps [on screen: 'Angry mobs of torch-carrying bumps'], Europe seems to think the president doesn't care what they think, but hey, who cares what they think? They could at least thank him for what he's done for their burning effigy industry.

  Stephen Colbert

  Thinking, Eight, America

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• I've been lucky to travel through quite a bit of Europe and Australia, but I would love to do Asia and South America and South Africa.

  Dianna Agron

  America, Australia, Lucky

  "Exclusive with Alex Pettyfer & Dianna Agron". Interview, www.seventeen.com. February 15, 2011.

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• Europe is scooters. Europe is five young people on one bench sharing a chocolate bar. Their idea of entertainment and fun is so much different than ours, which is exactly why a movie about them would be funny.

  Mike Myers

  Fun, Ideas, People

  "Mike Myers' euro vision", www.theguardian.com. June 8, 1999.

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• I’ve spent a lot of recreational time walking around historical castles and estates, in Britain and Europe, and so I know what the real thing looks like

  Natalie Dormer

  Real, Historical, Castles

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• I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid.

  Robert Wagner

  Kids, Thrill, Tracy

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• In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite

  Ron Silver

  Art, People, Elites

  "AT LUNCH WITH Ron Silver; Lights, Camera, Action! Ideas, Activism, Democracy!" by Todd S. Purdum, www.nytimes.com. December 29, 1993.

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• The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

  Donnie Wahlberg

  Disappointing, Chickens, Fried Chicken

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• In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.

  Marlene Dietrich

  Men, Making Love, Matter

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France.

  John Tesh

  Journey, Years, Events

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• Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.

  Morley Safer

  Wall, Rich, Clinton

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• I dread the inevitable acceleration of American world domination which will be the result of it all...Europe will no longer be Europe.

  Aldous Huxley

  World, Results, Inevitable

  "Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual". Book by Nicholas Murray, www.theguardian.com.

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• Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate

  Rem Koolhaas

  Unions

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• I skated in ice shows all over Europe and South Africa for 20 years. I love to ice skate.

  Kenny Baker

  Years, Ice, Shows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

  Cleo Moore

  Girl, Found, Wells

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